Hearing his sister's words, Jiang Yukuo felt very wronged, but as the elder brother, he had to indulge his sister.
He didn't say anything, but quietly walked to his mother's side and leaned into her embrace. "Mom, I missed you."
No matter how good his father was, he wasn't as warm as his mother. His mother would tolerate all their flaws and strengths and patiently talk to them a lot.
His father's care was straightforward: wrong was wrong, right was right. Providing them with enough food and clothing daily was considered taking good care of them.
But they needed motherly warmth even more.
Jiang Nuan looked at her two children and embraced them both.
"Mom made you worry," Jiang Nuan lowered her gaze, her eyes reddened. When the children saw her lying in bed, unable to wake up,
they must have been very scared and sad.
"It won't happen again," Jiang Nuan smiled and promised. She would train harder, become stronger, and guide those with ill intentions onto the right path. In the future, there would be no more bad people.
Jiang Nuan had ambitions, and she had been acting on them all these years.
Thinking of those who had suffered similar fates, abducted for various reasons, their lives severely impacted, she felt that the fewer people in this world who could be taken away from their parents like her, the better.
"Mhm!" Jiang Yukuo looked at his mother. "Mom, you're not allowed to do anything dangerous anymore." When she saw her mother jump into the sea, her heart leaped with her.
"Mhm! I won't," Jiang Nuan pursed her lips into a smile, then led the two children to He Junshu. "Quick, call Grandma!"
"Grandma." The brother and sister said in unison.
"Oh!" He Junshu excitedly crouched down, hugging the siblings, overcome with joy and tears.
Li Yanheng walked over and patted Jiang Yukuo's shoulder, smiling. "Kuo Bao, from now on, I'll be your uncle."
Jiang Siyun and Jiang Yukuo were stunned.
Jiang Yukuo: "Is this your real mom?"
Li Yanheng smiled and nodded. "Yes, this is your father's and my biological mother."
Li Yanheng looked at the bewildered little ones, smiling dotingly. Having three little treasures to play with made life much more interesting.
"Haha... Kuo Bao, Yun Yun, we really are fated." Li Yanheng was as happy as a child.
Jiang Siyun and Jiang Yukuo exchanged glances, still confused.
The siblings then greeted everyone else. The He family was particularly lively that night, and everyone had a reunion dinner.
The gathering didn't break up until past ten o'clock at night.
He Junshu, Li Zhenting, and Li Yanheng stayed at the He family residence to accompany the elderly lady.
Mu Jiuchen took Jiang Nuan and the others back to the villa.
Meng Yuan and He Mingrun were not yet married, so they also returned to their apartment.
Late into the night, in a VIP room at the Saha Imperial Entertainment Venue.
Two men and one woman were seated.
All three were heavily disguised.
One of the men kept his head down, his features obscured by the dim light.
An eerie atmosphere pervaded the room.
"Now there's a good opportunity. Mu Jiuchen isn't the Mu family's biological son, so we can bring him down." The voice was slightly hoarse.
The other man, upon hearing this, was shocked. "Then whose son is Mu Jiuchen?"
"We don't know that for sure yet, but we'll find out soon. Tomorrow, the whole family will be going to the Mu family's old mansion." The hoarse voice was laced with anger.
The man next to him said, "But even so, his assets aren't too closely related to the Mu family. It's still difficult to bring him down."
The woman sitting opposite them glanced at the two men. She was relatively young and smiled. "Don't forget about Wen Nuan."
"Hmph! A woman who can't amount to anything, what can she do?" The hoarse voice dripped with disdain.
The woman smiled and said, "Don't underestimate a woman's jealousy. With her instigating trouble between Jiang Nuan and Mu Jiuchen, it benefits us. Besides, I've received word that Jiang Nuan has already returned."
The woman's voice was filled with jealousy. Da Feng Novel Network.
"Mhm! Let's end it here for today. Let that Wen Nuan seduce Mu Jiuchen well." After saying that, the man stood up and left first.
As the music faded and the crowd dispersed, the eerie atmosphere lingered in the dark private room.
...
Late at night, Mu Jiuchen couldn't sleep in bed, and Jiang Nuan couldn't sleep due to his restlessness.
She turned over and looked at him, meeting his dark, intense gaze.
"Can't sleep?" He had already done what needed to be done. Men with high libidos usually slept soundly afterwards, but tonight he couldn't.
Mu Jiuchen smiled slightly. "Nuan Nuan, I'm disturbing you."
Jiang Nuan squinted her eyes, she was genuinely sleepy. "Mhm! When I wake up tomorrow morning, I'm going home. Go to sleep early."
Her cohabitation with Mu Jiuchen, if revealed, would be bad for his reputation.
Mu Jiuchen's face darkened. "This is your home."
Jiang Nuan lazily opened her eyes and looked at Mu Jiuchen. "We're not married yet, this isn't good."
Mu Jiuchen possessively held her in his arms. "We'll go to the civil affairs bureau first thing tomorrow morning."
Jiang Nuan smiled and said, "Go to sleep, it's Saturday tomorrow."
Mu Jiuchen: "..."
"It's fine, someone can help us get the marriage certificate."
Jiang Nuan knew that with money, some rules could indeed be bent.
She reached out and pinched Mu Jiuchen's high nose bridge. "Stop messing around. I'm very busy tomorrow, and you're very busy too. After a few days, when you have time, we'll go to Modu together to see Mom, Dad, and Grandpa. Then we'll talk about getting the marriage certificate. I was alone before and didn't need to consult anyone, but now I have parents, a grandfather, and a brother. If we get married, at least our family should know."
Mu Jiuchen felt that this matter was quite complicated.
After Nuan Nuan returned, Lu Jinyue and Lu Jinyan looked at him differently, their gazes were nakedly... you are a big pig's trotter!
"Okay! I'll accompany you to see Mom and Dad in a few days." Mu Jiuchen smiled and kissed the corner of her lips.
Jiang Nuan couldn't help but smile when she heard him call her parents so smoothly. "We're not even married yet, why are you already calling them Mom and Dad?"
Mu Jiuchen looked at her flushed cheeks. She was always so sweet when she smiled.
"I've been calling them that for a long time, didn't you know? After you had your accident, I lived with them. I've been calling them Mom and Dad for a long time, and they've already accepted me as their son-in-law."
Jiang Nuan: "..."
Mu Jiuchen smiled and pulled her closer, saying, "Nuan Nuan, Shao Qing said our next child will be three daughters."
Jiang Nuan's eyes widened instantly as she looked at Mu Jiuchen. She pushed him away, displeased. "Stay away from me."
Mu Jiuchen was stunned. Jiang Nuan's reaction was completely different from what he had expected.
He looked at Jiang Nuan's unhappy reaction, a little dazed. "Nuan Nuan, aren't you happy?"
Jiang Nuan gave a "Heh heh..." laugh. "Do I look happy?"
Mu Jiuchen: "..."
He thought about it for a moment, wondering if it was because they weren't married yet that Nuan Nuan was unhappy hearing about this.